Combined wagon box and end gate



Nov. 27, 1923. 1,475,732

J. wooDs COMBINED WAGON Box AND END GATE Filed April 8, 192 2 PatentedPloy. 2?, i923.

JACOB WOODS, OF GRISVIOLD, IO' JVA.

COMBINED MAGGIE? BOX AND END GATE.

Application filed April 8, 1922.

1 '0 all whom it may concern.

e it known that 1, Jason lioons, a citizen of the United States residingat Griswold in the county of Cass and. State 01? Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useiiul Improvements in Combined llagon Boxes and EndGates, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in vehicle structures andmore particularly relates to a combined wagon box and end gate and thesupporting means therefor.

It is an object of the invention to provide a construction of wagon bodyand end gate in which the upper surfacesthereot will be free of nail orbolt heads or other obstacles which interfere with a smooth surface andare apt to catch a shovel or other implement as the material i beingremoved from the vehic e; at the same time the agon body and end gateare appropriately reinforced and form a strong and rigid structure andthe various boards comprising these parts are adapted to be heldtogether z'igainst accidental spreading.

Other objects of the invention are to provide for the support of the endgate in position even with the wagon. body floor and to dispense withthe use oi": nails, bolts, chains and the like for supporting the endgate and for keeping it closed, the supporting means being capable ofeasy and convenient operation and acting to'permit oi the quick raisingor lowering of the tail gate, the tail gate being held against lateralmovement by suitable side rails which prevent material also fromspilling over the sides of the gate.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more partic ularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through a wagon body andend gate with the latter in the lowered position;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a rear View of the end gate in the raised or closed position;

Fig. a shows a side view of the end gate construction with a part of thesupporting rod illustrated; and. i

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Serial No. 550,709.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 10 indicates the sides ofthe wagon .body and ll the floor boards which may be of a usualconstruction and laid lengthwise between the sides 10 in accordance withthe conventional plan. lieint'oreing beams 12 in any suitable number andat desirably spaced intervals are placed transversely across the flooror the body beneath and against the floor boards 11, but these beams arenot bolted in the usual manner but are secured to the boards by the useof bolts 13 having nuts l at their lower ends beneath the beam andprovided with perforated heads 15 lying embedded in suitable socketsmade there-. :tor in the floor boards 11. The structure is that of aneye-bolt in which the eyes of the various bolts, as best seen in Fig. 2.are connected by coupling rods 16 which pass in common through thevarious eyes and through the floor boards 11 and act to prevent theseparation of the floor boards'by shrinkage and also bind together thevarious eye bolts which support the reinforcing beams 12.

The rods 16 are provided with heads 17 at one end and nuts 18 at theother, the nuts providing for taking up any looseness in the boardswhich is apt to occur from time to time. The rear-most supporting beam12 i; situated at the rearmost end of the wagon body and is adapted tocarry a 'shelt beam 19 projecting beyond th end of the wagon body andhaving its up r surface flush with the lower surface of the tloor boards11.

Bolts or other suitable mo us 20 may be employed to pass through thebeams 12 and 19 for the purpose oi holding the latter firmly and ii y Inplace in such wise as to torm a rest for the end sale which is composed.in t1]? main o'l similar tloor boards 21 disposed longitudinally andflanked at the sides by rails 22. The end gate is slightly wider thanthe wagon box and the side rails s are projected forwardly in order thattiny may overlap upon the sides 10 of the wagon and thus avoid thecasual shifting of the end gate in a sidewise direction. The end gate isfurther provided with reinforcing beams 23 supported therebeneath by theuse of eye-bolts 241 similar to the eyebolts heretofore described andcounter-sunk within the boards 21 and connected by rods as previouslydescribed in connection with the floor ot the wagon box. The foremostbeam i extended beyond the sides of the end gate as indicated in Fir nd3 and lellliOlclllQf and J. 1 -Y Y L1 4 i nested between the or we is isanc tililb The inn r end of the gate is adapted to rest upon the shelfbeam 19 as 0 lie flush with the wagon box and form or onions andunbrolzen y t hi l The shelf beam 19 also 1.1 do end in the raisedposition truncated pro c 'tiu end downwardly at the c ,2 thus preventlateral e gate.

The gat support t both upper and e bi 1 lower positions by the use orrods .40 which have out-turned upper ends er ,a pivotally inperforations ]71O="1f.l in rearwardly extending bre ets w "h are u iinedat on and are carr a slight downwa i direc on the sides of the wagonbot-t to which the; are secured by bolts The lowe ends or the rods 25are off-set 1 1 2S and are provided with her. lower extremities. lheoff-so .e rods pass downwardly thro erfor ons 1 {rate boards and madethrough the end i wid beans ail through an exceptionally lying beneaththe internietliu e part 0' i end gate and secured thereto as byeye-ioits and other bolts which pass through the side rails The rods 2-5are two in number and project downwardly from the brackets 26 conne twith the end gate iust insid of the The beam side rails 22. is thickeror deeper at its rear edge portion where it receives the eye-bolts 82.this thicker portion providing); a ledpge to support the rods 25 whenthey are folded over against the rear side of the end state when it isele ated. clip 34!; is carried by this been 81 or upon another part ofthe end to for the purpose of confining; the folded rods and thussecuring the end grate in its raised position.

The end portions of the large bear-.1 31 are reinforced by wear plates35 where the heads 29 of the rods engage them and to more effecti elyhold the wear plates in plane the rear thicker portion of the beam 31 isslit, as indicated in Fig. 5. to receive the same. The bolts holding thebean also go through th s metallic or other wear plate and hol the samesecurely in place. 7

In the use of the device, the end gate may be caused to assume theposition shown in Fig. 1 when the loading or unload'n of the wagon is tobe accomplished. in this case, the floor of the wagon and the end gratelie tlush with one another and form unbroken even surfaces for theshoveling of loads savages here are no obstructions, such as bolt naills, to interfere or strike the operators but the construction is not*rnioed as to stength but is in reality counnon structures where 1 t M athe roos i LllLOugh the open r o. nnally tie brackets 26 will be tothese openings witi the gate supported on end upon the shelf beam Therods ar thereupon folded over upon the other and adapted to rest uponclip upon the shelf provided by the larn'ed portion of the beam 31,

it will be appreciated from the forego' a t the invention is simple,inexpensive I r able and tl 2 it will enable the quich. lifting: and lowring of the tail gate and will n. -d it etiieetiyely in place in eitherof these positions with strength when loading and unloading. withoutrattling when in motion.

il hat is claimed lhe combination with a wagon body havi a bottom one.sides. a ledge secured cross the lower side of the bottom anl profroznthe rear edoje thereof end harino a bottom and sides bottom adapted toseat on tr e project. ion of the ledge and to hinge upon said ll]swinging the bottom into raised o red positions. said sides of the endwanted to overlap the sides of bony and extending; beyond the inner endof the end gate for holding the end gate in alinement with the wagonbody and for interlocking; engagement with the 1 Tyre when the end gateis raised. a pair of rods hinqed to th sides of the wagon body spacedrelation above the bottom thereof and be no; offsetinwardly andprojecting through the bottom of the end gate. said rods beinp; h n edat their upper ends and adapted to be folded in overlapping relation ethe outer sides of the end gate when err is raised, supporting means fors id rods in crossed transverse relast the outer side of the end gate,and a clamp carried upon the outer side of the end oats and acapted forbinding on Qageinent against said rods when overla oped.

testimony whereof, I have atiixed my presence of two witnesses.

JACOB WQODS.

l i itnesses A RTHUR H. STU'RGES, firmer A. Sronons.

